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The Road Ahead (CD ROM included)
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Author: Bill Gates, Nathan Myhrvold, Peter M. Rinearson
List Price: $15.95
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ISBN: 0140260404
Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) (November, 1996)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 57,512
Average Customer Rating: 3.51 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 4 out of 5
Mein Kampf meets Microsoft
Take someone of absolute vision and let them write a book. You get either of the books in this reviews title.
The first book was about hate, intolerance and the systematic corrections required for the author to have a fully efficient society.
The second book is almost identical in it's outlook, apart from the hate and intolerance.
Gates can see a future where true equality exists, a future where common and tax dollars can be monitored from any place on the globe. Votes registered and incapable of being rigged. Crime is instantenously caught. No disability physical, mental, sociatal or otherwise holds you back.
Utopia. The amazing thing about it is that we are already halfway into that utopia now, only 8 years on.
Mein Kampf was published in 1925, the war ended in 1945.
What will the world be like in 1915?
This book is worth reading -If only to show the underlying reason trapped inside everone. Once logic escapes, it becomes, it governs itself.
Gates is not the inverse of Hitler. But where Hitler was wrong in his beliefs, Gates is not.
He's not absolutley right either though!!!
A truly endearing book, fairly well written with a touch of who Bill G. is. Definetly worth a look!
BTW if you ever get the chance to read 'Bill Gates Super Secret Laptop' a Microspoof, DO!! just remember it was made in 98!!
-Scott
Rating: 4 out of 5
Great Read
After reading this book its easy to understand how Gates became as wealthy and sucessfull as he has. He really saw into the future. Most predictions he made in 1995 about things like internet commerce or car navigation systems have already come to pass. It was very well written, thoughtful and insightful, as opposed to the relentless self promotion I expected from it. Like Henry Ford, Gates believed its much better to sell a ton of products for a small profit than a few for a large profit. He was involved in the democratization of information.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Intelligent, to-the-point intuitiveness
Bill Gates succinctly offers his vision for what's to come. He takes the opportunity to clearly point out where his dreams as a computer revolutionary meet and fall away from his goals running the most powerful technology company ever.The book is set up like a bunch of speeches. This is how Gates said he thought would be his most effective writing style, and it works to minimize unnecessary blather while focusing on key points. Obviously, Gates has a lot of inside information to analyze situations and products upcoming, and the mental skill to back up his predictions, theories, and assessments. Now that the book's been out quite awhile, it makes for a good read to reflect on some things and await what's to come. What sells me on the book is the undeniable level of intelligence coming from a man in charge of most aspects of our digital daily lives.
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